1586 ἐκλέγομαι eklegomai {ek-leg'-om-ahee} 
Meaning:  1) to pick out, choose, to pick or choose out for one's self 1a) choosing one out of many, i.e. Jesus choosing his disciples 1b) choosing one for an office 1c) of God choosing whom he judged fit to receive his favours and separated from the rest of mankind to be peculiarly his own and to be attended continually by his gracious oversight 1c1) i.e. the Israelites 1d) of God the Father choosing Christians, as those whom he set apart from the irreligious multitude as dear unto himself, and whom he has rendered, through faith in Christ, citizens in the Messianic kingdom: (James 2:5) so that the ground of the choice lies in Christ and his merits only 

ἐκλέγομαι choose, select Mk 13:20; Lk 9:35; 10:42; J 15:16; Ac 15:22, 25; Eph 1:4; Js 2:5. In Lk 6:44